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  • Open a newer premiere Pro project on a slightly older version of Premiere Pro.

    Posted by Adam Berch on August 9, 2017 at 10:16 pm

    Hi,

    I was given a Premiere Pro Project CC 2015 file and footage.

    I have Premiere Pro CC 2015, but I guess the file is from a slightly newer version of Premiere Pro CC 2015.

    When I try to open the file it says I cannot open it because it’s from a newer version of the software. Is there any way I can open that newer project in my slightly older version of Premiere Pro? If so, how?

    Thanks

    I’m am on a Mac computer

    Andrew Luck replied 7 years, 1 month ago 8 Members · 9 Replies
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  • Ann Bens

    August 9, 2017 at 10:24 pm

    No you cannot. But if the person were to export the project as an xml you could open it.
    Might loose a few features.

    I would update to the latest version of 2017.

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  • Adam Berch

    August 9, 2017 at 10:51 pm

    Hi,

    I’m not worried about losing features. All it is is a 2 minute video with cuts only and some music.

    Thanks

  • Robert Withers

    August 10, 2017 at 1:28 am

    I would think it would be possible to update to the final version of Pr CC 2015 if you don’t want to go all the way to 2017.

    Robert Withers

    Independent/personal/avant-garde cinema, New York City

  • Duke Sweden

    August 10, 2017 at 2:14 am

    You can get the last update to cc 2015 here:
    https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/creative-cloud-previous-version-apps-download.html?red=a&tduid=49e19a998d310d6634d2f60cf0c58bbd&url=https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/creative-cloud-previous-version-apps-download.html

    Scroll down a bit and you’ll see it.

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  • Josh Cluderay

    November 16, 2017 at 3:44 pm

    It’s extremely straightforward to make a newer project openable in an older one, it’s just a matter of modifying the XML inside the project.

    Here’s a tool which does it automatically: Premiere Project Downgrader

  • John Chay

    November 25, 2018 at 4:18 pm

    This is fantastic. Thank you so much.

  • Anthony Malvagno

    November 26, 2018 at 5:12 am

    Extremely helpful

    converted a cc2019 project into cc2018 with ease. Now my sony footage works without having to render 5 hours of wedding footage..

    Thanks a bunch!

  • Andrew Luck

    March 15, 2019 at 11:23 am

    Josh Cluderay, thank you so much for way to solve this issue!
    This service
    https://downgrader.elements.tv/
    can downgrade projects cc 2019 to cc 2018 without file size limits.

  • Andrew Luck

    March 15, 2019 at 12:50 pm

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